ML032510810

Indian Point Energy Center Development of Evacuation Time Estimates. Chapter 11, Surveillance of Evacuation Operations

ML032510810
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/31/2003
From:	KLD Associates
To:	Entergy Nuclear Northeast, NRC/FSME
References
NL-03-139 KLD TR-369
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Indian Point Energy Center11-1KLD Associates, Inc.Evacuation Time EstimateRev. 111.SURVEILLANCE OF EVACUATION OPERATIONSThere is a need for surveillance of traffic operations during the evacuation. There is also a needto clear any blockage of roadways arising from accidents or vehicle disablement. Surveillance

can take several forms.

1. Traffic control personnel, located at Traffic Control and Access Control points, providefixed-point surveillance.

2. Ground patrols may be undertaken along well-defined paths to ensure coverage of thosehighways that serve as major evacuation routes.

3. Aerial surveillance of evacuation operations may also be conducted using helicopter orfixed-wing aircraft.

4. Cellular phone calls from motorists may also provide direct field reports of roadblockages.These concurrent surveillance procedures are designed to provide coverage of the entire EPZ aswell as the area around its periphery. It is the responsibility of the Counties to support a communication system that can receive messages from the field and be in a position to respond to any reported problems in a timely manner. This coverage should quickly identify, and expedite the response to any blockage caused by a disabled vehicle.

Tow VehiclesIn a low-speed traffic environment, any vehicle disablement is likely to arise due to a low-speedcollision, mechanical failure or exhausting the fuel supply. In any case, the disabled vehicle can be pushed onto the shoulder, thereby restoring traffic flow. Past experience in other emergencies indicates that evacuees who are leaving an area often perform activities such as pushing a disabled vehicle to the side of the road without prompting.While the need for tow vehicles is expected to be low under the circumstances described above,it is still prudent to be prepared for such a need. Tow trucks may be deployed at strategic locations within, or just outside, the EPZ. These locations should be selected so that: They permit access to key, heavily loaded, evacuation routes. Responding tow trucks would most likely travel counter-flow relative to evacuatingtraffic.